Last year, a study by the financial website SmartAsset ranked Florida drivers the worst in the nation.

We have good news to report: We now are among the nation's worst, not actually the worst.

Progress, baby!

In SmartAsset's most recent study, drivers in the Sunshine State ranked eighth worst in the country, thanks in part of a decrease in car-related accidents statewide. But Florida also has the lowest rate of insured motorists (73 percent), and 1.47 deaths per 100 million miles driven — one of the nation's highest traffic accident-related death rates.

For the record, Mississippi topped the list for worst drivers, followed by Tennessee, California, Missouri and New Mexico.

The state with the best drivers: Massachusetts.

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